Cornelius Betz arrived in Alabama in 1910, working as an aide to the wealthy M.B. Houghton. In the December 11, 1910 issue of the Montgomery Advertiser, Betz claimed to have toured the world with the Duke of Edinborough, was familiar with much of European royalty, and had lost his fortune upon arriving in the U.S. It is likely that Betz was actually operating a confidence scheme and that he is the same person who used the name "Darnley Beaufort" in the mid-1890s and created a scandal at the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky.
Cornelius Betz arrived in Alabama in 1910, working as an aide to the wealthy M.B. Houghton. In the December 11, 1910 issue of the Montgomery Advertiser, Betz claimed to have toured the world with the Duke of Edinborough, was familiar with much of European royalty, and had lost his fortune upon arriving in the U.S. It is likely that Betz was actually operating a confidence scheme and that he is the same person who used the name "Darnley Beaufort" in the mid-1890s and created a scandal at the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky.
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